Blender 2.77 - how to have my default workspace always with top, left, right, perspective like 3D studio max?
Press Ctrl+Alt+Q while your mouse cursor is over the 3D Viewport to Toggle Quad View. Press Ctrl+U to save the current blend file as the default one whenever you start Blender.

The Toggle Quad View function is also accessible from Blender's Python interface with the operator bpy.ops.screen.region_quadview() or from the Display Panel on the Tool Shelf:



Please note that after pressing Ctrl+U whatever changes you have made (no matter how small) to the current blend file will become startup defaults.